What would you embrace?

I’d rather see wonder

Than a bully on the street

I’d rather stand up to tyranny

Than to bow and kneel at their feet

How we choose

How we live

What we take

And what we give

We are agents of our decisions

In our mind/body vessel we navigate

How shall we proceed?

What shall be our fate?

What gives meaning to our values?

They are tested over time

When we have no answers

Where do we turn for a sign?

Ask an elderly person in hospice

Ask a cancer patient in stage four

What would you have done differently?

What would you have payed attention to more?

When we face our mortality

The men of God

The men of war

What would you embrace?

What would you deplore?

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Not unlike a Salvador Dali

Ask any Olympic athelete

They compete against their personal best

Seeking conquest of there own achievements

Done on their own behest

In our conquest of our own ethical behavior

Countless factors make up this equation

The wisdom in aggregate from past encounters

May often help us on occasion

The problem with self- improvement

The reflection in the mirror is tainted

Not unlike a Salvador Dali

The surreal reality that is painted

It takes skill and clear perspective

To acquire moral character

If blessed with a loving upbringing

You benefit as a blessed inheritor

Some will never ask the questions

Some will never answer the call

Treading water in the pool of humanity

The vast majority will sink in the squall

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